Battle profile
#0089 · Generation 1
Muk
The Sludge Pokémon
It prefers warm and humid habitats. In the summertime, the toxic substances in its body intensify, making Muk reek like putrid kitchen garbage.
Traits
Abilities
Stench
By releasing a stench when attacking, the Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.
Sticky Hold
The Pokémon's held item cannot be removed by other Pokémon.
Poison Touch
HiddenWhen the Pokémon attacks and makes contact, it may poison the target.
Battle matchups
Type effectiveness
Damage matchups for Muk based on its Poison typing. Abilities may change some matchups.
Weak against
Takes increased damage
Resists
Takes reduced damage
Immune to
Takes no damage
None
Evolution family
Evolution chain
Learnset
Level-up moves
Moves Muk learns by gaining levels in Pokemon Nova.
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pound The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg or the like. | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Poison Gas A cloud of poison gas is sprayed in the faces of opposing Pokémon, poisoning those it hits. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 1 | Harden The user stiffens all the muscles in its body to raise its Defense stat. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap The user hurls mud in the target's face to inflict damage. This also lower the target's accuracy. | Ground | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 |
| 12 | Disable For four turns, the target will be unable to use whichever move it last used. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Sludge The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This may also poison the target. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 18 | Mud Shot The user attacks by hurling a blob of mud at the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat. | Ground | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 |
| 21 | Minimize The user compresses its body to make itself look smaller, which sharply raises its evasiveness. | Normal | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 26 | Toxic A move that leaves the target badly poisoned. Its poison damage worsens every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 29 | Sludge Bomb The user hurls unsanitary sludge at the target to inflict damage. This may also poison the target. | Poison | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Sludge Wave The user strikes everything around it by swamping the area with a giant sludge wave. This may also poison those it hits. | Poison | Special | 95 | 100 | 10 |
| 37 | Screech An earsplitting screech harshly lowers the target's Defense stat. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 40 | Gunk Shot The user shoots filthy garbage at the target to attack. This may also poison the target. | Poison | Physical | 120 | 80 | 5 |
| 46 | Acid Armor The user alters its cellular structure to liquefy itself, sharply raising its Defense stat. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 52 | Belch The user lets out a damaging belch at the target. The user must eat a held Berry to use this move. | Poison | Special | 120 | 90 | 10 |
| 57 | Memento The user faints. In return, the target's Attack and Sp. Atk stats are harshly lowered. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
Breeding learnset
Egg moves
0 moves available
No egg moves are available for Muk.
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
83 moves available
Extended learnset
Compatible moves
83 moves available
- Acid Spray SpecialPoison
- Attract StatusNormal
- Block StatusNormal
- Body Slam PhysicalNormal
- Brick Break PhysicalFighting
- Captivate StatusNormal
- Confide StatusNormal
- Confuse Ray StatusGhost
- Curse StatusGhost
- Dark Pulse SpecialDark
- Dig PhysicalGround
- Double Team StatusNormal
- Drain Punch PhysicalFighting
- Dynamic Punch PhysicalFighting
- Endure StatusNormal
- Explosion PhysicalNormal
- Facade PhysicalNormal
- Fire Blast SpecialFire
- Fire Punch PhysicalFire
- Flamethrower SpecialFire
- Fling PhysicalDark
- Focus Blast SpecialFighting
- Focus Punch PhysicalFighting
- Frustration PhysicalNormal
- Giga Drain SpecialGrass
- Giga Impact PhysicalNormal
- Gunk Shot PhysicalPoison
- Haze StatusIce
- Helping Hand StatusNormal
- Hex SpecialGhost
- Hidden Power SpecialNormal
- Hyper Beam SpecialNormal
- Ice Punch PhysicalIce
- Imprison StatusPsychic
- Incinerate SpecialFire
- Infestation SpecialBug
- Knock Off PhysicalDark
- Lash Out PhysicalDark
- Lunge PhysicalBug
- Metronome StatusNormal
- Mimic StatusNormal
- Mud Shot SpecialGround
- Mud-Slap SpecialGround
- Natural Gift PhysicalNormal
- Pain Split StatusNormal
- Payback PhysicalDark
- Poison Jab PhysicalPoison
- Power-Up Punch PhysicalFighting
- Protect StatusNormal
- Rain Dance StatusWater
- Rest StatusPsychic
- Return PhysicalNormal
- Rock Slide PhysicalRock
- Rock Smash PhysicalFighting
- Rock Tomb PhysicalRock
- Round SpecialNormal
- Sandstorm StatusRock
- Scary Face StatusNormal
- Secret Power PhysicalNormal
- Shadow Ball SpecialGhost
- Shock Wave SpecialElectric
- Sleep Talk StatusNormal
- Sludge Bomb SpecialPoison
- Sludge Wave SpecialPoison
- Snore SpecialNormal
- Spite StatusGhost
- Strength PhysicalNormal
- Substitute StatusNormal
- Sunny Day StatusFire
- Swagger StatusNormal
- Swift SpecialNormal
- Take Down PhysicalNormal
- Taunt StatusDark
- Tera Blast SpecialNormal
- Thief PhysicalDark
- Thunder SpecialElectric
- Thunderbolt SpecialElectric
- Thunder Punch PhysicalElectric
- Torment StatusDark
- Toxic StatusPoison
- Toxic Spikes StatusPoison
- Venoshock SpecialPoison
- Zen Headbutt PhysicalPsychic
Species information
Training and breeding
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Gender ratio
- Female50Percent
- Egg groups
- Amorphous
- Hatch steps
- 5,120
- Base happiness
- 50
- Color
- Purple
- Shape
- Head Arms
- Habitat
- Urban
Alternate appearances
Muk forms
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Muk
Base stats
Total 500Abilities
By releasing a stench when attacking, the Pokémon may cause the target to flinch.
The Pokémon's held item cannot be removed by other Pokémon.
When the Pokémon attacks and makes contact, it may poison the target.

Muk — Alolan
Base stats
Total 500Abilities
When the Pokémon attacks and makes contact, it may poison the target.
The Pokémon will eat its held Berry after its HP drops to half or less.
The Pokémon copies the Ability of an ally when the ally faints.